They are investing in you and as a result, you can provide the essential things to keep youself comfortable.

Generally I would not do it but sometimes it's too darn ugly.I think having someone who can knock the design out of the park is extremely helpful, maybe even essential, for flippers.

An interesting element to this house is it's a log cabin with drywall finish inside - built in the mid '50s in a town where many log cabins were built at that time.

I wouldn't buy through RtR again - I didn't realize that they're essentially an aggregation / marketing layer for a bunch of turnkey companies.

I got started by house hacking and it essentially eliminated our rent expense of $1000/month (or $12k/year), while also giving us experience managing a rental.

You have already made some great connections with @Shawn Holsapple this is a great site to build connections that are essential in the real estate market!

Essentially, they would be a co-applicant and co-Owner.

Essentially, slide the guest tub towards the door wall, into the space that used to be the water heater closet; build a new wall at the control end of the guest tub; build a new wall from that wall back to the original wall; install a bigger tub or shower pan in the master bath.The advantage here is that you only have to move the two ABS vents that are currently in that wall, and the PEX supply lines.  

Essentially all you would be doing is wholesaling at that point. 

@Michael Swan knows this well.Don't blame an entire market for your mistake.Anytime you group together an entire region like the "Midwest" or "Greater Cleveland" and call it one "market", you're missing a key element which is everything in real estate.LOCATION!